[PATCH v2 16/18] KVM: selftests: Fall back to split IRQ chip if full in-kernel chip is unsupported

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Jun 11 2025 - 17:40:18 EST


Now that KVM x86 allows compiling out support for in-kernel I/O APIC (and
PIC and PIT) emulation, i.e. allows disabling KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for all
intents and purposes, fall back to a split IRQ chip for x86 if creating
the full in-kernel version fails with ENOTTY.

Acked-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index a055343a7bf7..93a921deeb99 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -1716,7 +1716,18 @@ void *addr_gpa2alias(struct kvm_vm *vm, vm_paddr_t gpa)
/* Create an interrupt controller chip for the specified VM. */
void vm_create_irqchip(struct kvm_vm *vm)
{
- vm_ioctl(vm, KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, NULL);
+ int r;
+
+ /*
+ * Allocate a fully in-kernel IRQ chip by default, but fall back to a
+ * split model (x86 only) if that fails (KVM x86 allows compiling out
+ * support for KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP).
+ */
+ r = __vm_ioctl(vm, KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, NULL);
+ if (r && errno == ENOTTY && kvm_has_cap(KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP))
+ vm_enable_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP, 24);
+ else
+ TEST_ASSERT_VM_VCPU_IOCTL(!r, KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, r, vm);

vm->has_irqchip = true;
}
--
2.50.0.rc1.591.g9c95f17f64-goog